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A middle-aged man gently placed his arm around Fu Lingji's shoulder and bowed to the stern-faced man beside him. "Boss, this is Xiao Fu. He's the one who planned this. He has no parents and went to college with financial aid. He graduated from Q University... He's arguably the best among his peers."

The leader looked at Fu Lingji with a deep gaze and said in a low voice: "He is good-looking."

The man immediately smiled and said, "Xiao Fu is very lucky to have your daughter's favor."

He patted Fu Lingji's shoulder, his eyes filled with warning.

Fu Lingji smiled appropriately, neither humble nor overbearing. He elegantly picked up the wine glass beside him and bent down slightly. "Leader, thank you for your favor. I toast you. I'll drink it. You can do whatever you want."

A faint smile appeared on the leader's face, and he picked up the wine glass to take a sip, while Fu Lingji drank the wine in one gulp.

As a low-level employee, he could only pick up the wine glass again and again at the table, respectfully toast everyone, then put his hand on his forehead, showing that he was drunk. However, when others wanted to drink with him, he would pick up the glass without hesitation and drink it all.

The meal lasted until the early morning. When he saw his leader was about to leave, he stood up with a slightly unsteady figure and said, "Leader, I'll see you off."

The leader tacitly let Fu Lingji support him until he got in the car, then said, "Come to our house for a simple meal tomorrow!"

Fu Lingji smiled gratefully and thanked him.

He stood there and watched his leader's car leave, then turned around and weakly supported his hands on the tree next to him. He could no longer bear the churning in his stomach and vomited.

His stomach was burning and his throat was aching. He left the mess in a corner where no one was watching, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then returned to the dinner table.

He kept saying compliments while his brain quickly analyzed the words uttered by his colleagues, and occasionally asked questions out of curiosity.

The dinner lasted another hour before he ended, dragging his tired body back to the temporary rental house.

The room was pitch black. He walked to the bathroom in the moonlight, washed his face with cold water, then took out his cell phone and recorded the news he had received today while he was still conscious.

"The leader knows his son's style of work and may be looking for someone for him..."

"Chen Feng and Luo Jin...are the leader's people. They know his son's quirks and their eyes on me are filled with undisguised jealousy."

"..."

After editing the message, he seemed to have lost all his strength. He put his phone aside, sat down on the ground, and leaned against the wall.

A glass of water suddenly appeared in front of him, and Shen Shuangyue said softly, "Drink some water first."

Fu Lingji slowly raised his head with a complicated look in his eyes.

He was happy to see Shuangyue, but he didn't want Shuangyue to see him in such a miserable state.

A person without power or influence can live a stable life in his current job, but it is extremely difficult to climb up.

He must make every possible effort, seize all available resources, carefully choose factions, and hand over the handle to the person he relies on, but he must also ensure that the handle is just a smokescreen.

He hasn't had a good life these years, but having this glass of water is enough.

He thanked her, took the cup of water with one hand and took a sip, and handed the message he had just edited to Shen Shuangyue with the other hand.

"When you came here on a business trip, I guessed something was wrong here. This is the news I determined today."

He paused, then continued, "My boss asked me to go to his house for a quick meal tomorrow. His daughter seems very optimistic about me."

Shen Shuangyue's expression turned cold. "Who asked you to get involved?"

Fu Lingji lowered his eyes, avoiding Shuangyue's gaze. "I want to be promoted, so I have to prove my ability to my leader. He and this leader are in competition, so I was transferred here for six months."

Shen Shuangyue pinched his chin, forcing him to look at her.

Fu Lingji felt Shuangyue's sharp gaze, his eyelashes fluttered a few times, and then he raised his eyelids to meet her gaze.

He said, "It's me who is ambitious. I want to use you to get him in, not me who wants to help you."

Shen Shuangyue smiled, "Little Abstinence, is this why you put yourself in danger? You knew it was a tiger's den, you knew that he and his son had a habit of torturing people, and you knew there was something called obedient water.

I have the ability to take the risk and escape alone, do you? Besides, you planned to use yourself as bait, you didn't even think about escaping.

Fu Lingji closed his eyes and said evasively, "I'm tired and want to rest. You can sleep on the bed, and I'll sleep on the sofa."

Shen Shuangyue sighed, "Professor Luo told me before that you have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

You are almost harsh on yourself, and you want to be my support, but you find that this place is not like the environment you live in. Without the palace examination, it will be difficult for you to get out of the circle you are in now.

But then you realize that I don't need your support, and you may never be able to reach my level in your entire life, so you choose to go to extremes.

Just like before, when you said you were helping her become emperor, you have been sacrificing yourself."

Having his secret exposed, Fu Lingji lost his usual composure. He broke free from Shuangyue's restraints and angrily denied it, "I didn't do it! As long as I get rid of him, I can get a promotion."

Shen Shuangyue hugged him tightly and patted his back gently.

"Little Abstinence, relax, you've done very well."

Fu Lingji didn't know why, but his defenses crumbled. Perhaps it was because people who drink have more emotional fluctuations. He couldn't control his tears and murmured, "I didn't do well enough. I never do well."

Shen Shuangyue felt a little sour in the tip of her nose. Fu Lingji was the best at hiding his thoughts.

He is the perfect neighborhood kid, with high academic performance, appearance, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence.

But he was never chosen.

She did not keep her promise and choose him with that spot, and his family did not choose him between him and Xiao Badao.

And the little bully who was the only one who allowed him to see the sunlight didn't need him.

He has been trying hard to let everyone see it, to the point of being harsh on himself now.

Feeling distressed?

Shen Shuangyue asked herself in her heart.

Then he answered affirmatively: "It hurts."

Xiao Jinyu is such a decent husband. If he hadn't been mediating over the years, those eleven people might have caused some trouble.

And she got the news that there were quite a few people who coveted him.

If he was willing to be a son-in-law, he might have been promoted long ago.

So he is not ambitious, he is sick.

Professor Luo had reminded her before that Xiao Jishe had obsessive-compulsive disorder, but she didn't take it seriously.

After all, the little boss with the domineering personality also has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it is even more serious.

Xiao Jinyin usually behaves too sensible, so sensible that she always ignores him and pays attention to other people.

Fu Lingji buried his head in Shuangyue's neck and shoulders, and his mood gradually calmed down.

He smiled faintly, "Thank you for your concern, Shuangyue. I still want to go and have that home-cooked meal. I believe that if they use the obedient water on me, you will rescue me."

"I think people change, and I've seen through this world of fame and fortune. You have eleven of them, and that's enough for you. I plan to accept the unspoken rules and see how far I can go in life."

He stood up straight and took a step back. "I'm going to sleep in the hotel. If you're willing, we'll be real family from now on. I won't covet you anymore."

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